A medical examiner said Yassen was stabbed to death with a knife or other sharp object.

He was found naked, face up in a pool of blood in his bedroom.

Blood was splashed all over the house, including the front door, a bloody footprints were found between a piece of wood near the door and the body, a report says.

The victim's son told detectives his father sold illegal drugs – mainly prescription medications – and another witness told authorities the elder Yassen wanted to hire someone for $1,000 to beat up Sheffield for breaking into his house.

Sheffield, whose nickname is Dog, surfaced as a "person of interest" early in the investigation.

He was inside the victim's home between 10:45 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. the day of the attack, deputies say.

He told people after the attack that he drank a glass of water, smoked some marijuana and watched a little TV with the victim but did not hurt him.

He said he left to make a trip to the Dollar General and came back later to find Yassen covered in blood and dying.

He saw blood squiring out of Yassen's neck, so he applied pressure to the wound with a shirt in attempt to stop the bleeding, he told people later, his arrest report said.

After Yassen died, he called 911 on the victim's phone but hung up without saying anything because he didn't want to be blamed for something he didn't do, he allegedly told people.

Sheffield was driving two different vehicles — a beige Ford and a blue Toyota — that day.

"Witnesses say Sheffield washed both vehicles with bleach inside and out the next day,'' the Marion County Sherifffs Office said in a report. "Then, Sheffield parked the Ford in a secluded area."

Blood from Yassen was found in the Ford.

Witnesses told investigators that Sheffield had lacerations on his knuckles.

"During the investigation, detectives learned that Sheffield was heading towards Georgia,'' a report said. "He was caught and arrested by the Toombs County Sheriff's Office in Lyons, Georgia."

Authorities say he and his cousin were stopped in Georgia and were arrested because they had pills but no prescriptions for them.